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Obama: 'Three Times'
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama releases his own tax spot, saying his plan cuts taxes three times more than McCain's for people in the middle income brackets.
Also, a new tag line: "Barack Obama. President."
ALSO: McCain's up with a new radio ad saying Obama has promise "massive spending" and a 23 percent increase, a product of McCain campaign math that will likely bring the busy FactCheck people calling.
"Millions"
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
John McCain's camp beats the celebrity drum again in the second new radio spot out this week. This one is running in what they'd only describe as "key states."
Narrator: "Celebrities like to spend their millions. Barack Obama is no different. Only it's your money he wants to spend. Obama's got plans -- big plans -- for your money. ... Massive spending. ... Piling more debt on the backs of your children and grandchildren."
Note that the crowd chant of "Obama, Obama" opens this ad. Full script available after the jump. Listen to it here: ...
Dueling Tax Ads
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
Obama's ad is on tv, McCain's is on radio. Watch/listen to them and tell me who you think gets the better of the duel:...
McCain Ad: Obama Has Big Plans for Your Money
News —
McCain Ad: Obama Has Big Plans for Your Money John McCain's campaign is telling voters that Barack Obama will grow the government to massive proportions on their respective dimes, painting the Illinois senator as a tax-and-spend liberal in a new radio ad. "Celebrities like to spend their millions. Barack Obama is no different. Only it's your money he wants to spend," a narrator says. "Obama's got plans–big plans–for your money." McCain has consistently used several themes to hit Obama in previous ads: taxes, Obama's purported celebrity status, and his alleged unpreparedness to lead the country. The latest ad builds on those ...
McCain, Obama Tax War Sparked With New Ads (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Early on Wednesday morning, both Barack Obama and John McCain released ads focused on taxes. If the tone of both spots proved predictable, the amount of money being pushed into each campaign's ad was not. Though McCain has outspent Obama on paid media in battleground states so far this month, Obama's new television ad will start getting pumped into several key states today -- specifically, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Virginia.
By contrast, McCain's new piece is a radio ad, and his campaign has declined to reveal exactly how hard or in what parts of the country it ...
Dueling Over The Economy
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
This radio attack ad by McCain is brutal but effective:
I'm less impressed by Obama's new ad:
New McCain Radio Ad: 'Millions'
Hyscience —
Impressive, and of much higher quality than Team Obama's.
